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Observations: Not much is known about the longevity of these animals, but one specimen lived 14 years in captivity (Richard Weigl 2005). Their maximum longevity could be underestimated as detailed studies are lacking.
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- Chaetophractus
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- Chaetophractus nationi
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- Chaetophractus nationi
- taxon common name
- Andean hairy armadillo
- short name
- C. nationi
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Encyclopedic overview
The Andean hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus nationi) is an armadillo found mainly in Bolivia, in the region of the Puna; the departments of Oruro, La Paz, and Cochabamba (Gardner, 1993). Nowark (1991) describes it as distributed in Bolivia and northern Chile. A recent publication of Pacheco (1995) also locates the species in the Puno Region of Peru. This species is also thought to be present in northern Argentina. However, this location may actually only contain a population of C. vellerosus.
Physical description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Andean hairy armadillo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.